Albert (given name)
![]() Albert, Prince Consort, who popularized the name in the British Empire | |
Pronunciation | /ˈælbərt/ French: [albɛʁ] German: [ˈalbɛɐ̯t] Danish: [ˈælˀpɐt] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Germanic |
Name day | November 15 |
Origin | |
Meaning | Noble and bright |
Other names | |
Related names | Al (nickname), Abert, Bert (also short for Robert), Adalbert, Adelbert, Delbert, Adbert, Elbert, Alberto, Albrecht, Alprecht, Alpert |
Albert is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Germanic Adalbert and Adelbert, containing the words adal ("noble") and beraht ("bright", compare Robert). It is also less commonly in use as a surname.[1] Feminine forms of the names "Alberta" are declining in use.
Translations[]
- Albanian: Albert
- Arabic: ألبرت (Albirt), ألبير (Albīr)
- Armenian: Ալբերտ (Albert)
- Azerbaijani: Albert
- Bengali: আলবার্ট ( Albart), (Ālabārṭa)
- Breton: Alberzh
- Catalan: Albert
- Simplified Chinese: 阿尔伯特(Āěrbótè)
- Circassian: Альберт (Albert)
- Croatian: Albert
- Czech: Albert, Vojtěch
- Dutch: Albert, Aalbert, Alberta
- Estonian: Albert
- Finnish: Albert, Alpertti
- French: Albert, pronounced [albeʁ]
- Galician: Alberte, Alberto and Albertos
- Georgian: ალბერტი (Alberti)
- German: Albert, Albrecht
- Greek: Αλβέρτος (Alvértos)
- Gujarati: આલ્બર્ટ ( Ālbarṭa)
- Hebrew: אלברט (Albert)
- Hindi: अल्बर्ट ( Albarṭa)
- Icelandic: Albert
- Irish: Ailbe, Ailbhe
- Italian: Alberto
- Japanese: アルバート ( Albārt) (short sound)
- Kannada: ಆಲ್ಬರ್ಟ್ ( Ālbarṭ)
- Khmer: អាល់ប៊ើត (Albeut)
- Korean: 알버트 (Albeoteu)
- Latin: Albertus
- Latvian: Alberts
- Lithuanian: Albertas
- Mongolian: Альберт (Alibyert)
- Nepali: अल्बर्ट (Albarṭa)
- Norwegian: Albert
- Old English: Æthelberht
- Persian: آلبرت
- Polish: Albert, Olbracht
- Portuguese: Alberto
- Punjabi: ਐਲਬਰਟ ( Ailabaraṭa)
- Russian: Альберт, romanized: Al'bert
- Serbian: Алберт/Albert
- Slovak: Albert
- Slovene: Albert
- Spanish: Alberto
- Swedish: Albert
- Tamil: ஆல்பர்ட் ( Ālparṭ)
- Thai: อัลเบิร์ต ( Xạlbeir̒)
- Turkish: Albert
- Tatar: Альберт (Albert)
- Ukrainian: Альберт, romanized: Al'bert
- Urdu: البرٹ
- Yiddish: אַלבערט
People named Albert[]
Royalty[]
- Albert of Austria (disambiguation)
- St. Albert (disambiguation)
- Prince Albert (disambiguation)
- King Albert (disambiguation)
- Albert of Aix (c. 1100), historian of the first crusade
- Albert I of Brandenburg (c. 1100–1170) Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to 1170 and duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142
- Albert of Riga (c. 1165–1229), third Bishop of Riga in Livonia, founder of the city of Riga, one of the principal commanders of Livonian Crusade
- Albert III, Count of Habsburg
- Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
- Albert of Saxony, King of Saxony, one of the principal commanders of Austro-Prussian War, Battle of Gitschin, Battle of Königgrätz, Battle of Sedan and Siege of Paris (1870–71)
- Albert of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel (died 1395), as Albert II Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
- Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1240–1314), the son of Henry III, Margrave of Meißen and Constantia of Austria
- Albert of Sweden (1338–1412), king of Sweden
- Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500), the younger son of Frederick II the Gentle
- Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621), ruling Archduke of Austria, one of the principal commanders of Dutch Revolt
- Albert of Mainz (1490–1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
- Albert I, Duke of Prussia (1490–1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order before converting to Lutheranism and becoming the first duke of Ducal Prussia
- Albert Alcibiades (1522–1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861), Consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821–1901), French monarchist politician
- Albert, King of Saxony (1828–1873)
- Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889, to June 26, 1922
- Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934), the third King of the Belgians
- Albert II of Belgium (1934–), the 6th King of the Belgians
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958–), the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco
- Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641-1695)
- Albert I, Duke of Saxony (1175-1260), one of the principal commanders of Livonian Crusade
- Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Sievershausen
- Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
- Charles Albert of Sardinia, King of Sardinia, one of the principal commanders of First Italian War of Independence
- Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Custoza (1866) and Austro-Prussian War
- Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Jemappes
- Albert the Bear, first margrave of Brandenburg, one of the principal commanders of Second Crusade
Others[]
- Albert Abreu (born 1995), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
- Albert "Bert" Addinall (1925-2001), English professional footballer
- Albert Adomakoh (1922-2016), Ghanaian economist, Governor of Bank of Ghana from 1965-1968
- Albert Anae (born 1989), New Zealand-Australian Rugby League player
- Albert "Al" Anderson (born 1950), American songwriter and guitarist
- Albert H. Angstman (1888–1964), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
- Albert Axelrod (1921–2004), American foil fencer
- Albert Ayler (1936–1970), American jazz saxophonist
- Albert Bandura, psychologist
- Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy; 1882–1961), Austrian Olympic silver medalist saber fencer
- Albert Botran (born 1984), Catalan politician
- Albert Brooks (born 1947), American actor, comedian, writer, and director
- Albert E. Brown, officer in the US Army with rank of Major General, a principal Commander of the Aleutian Islands Campaign
- Albert Ralph Campbell, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Albert Camus (1913–1960), French philosopher and novelist
- Albert Cheesebrough (1935–2020), English footballer
- Albert Collins, American blues singer-guitarist
- Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790-1873), officer in the army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, politician, and Prime Minister of Belgium
- Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne, Representative of the Sinhala on the Legislative Council of Ceylon
- Albert Delpy (born 1941), French actor and writer
- Albert DeSalvo (1931–1973), American serial killer
- Albert Dürer, German painter and theorist of the German Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance era
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born theoretical physicist, scientist, and philosopher who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time
- Albert Falco (1927–2012), French scuba diving pioneer
- Albert Finney, (1936–2019), English actor
- Albert Fish (1870–1936), American serial killer, child rapist, and cannibal also known as the "Gray Man", the "Werewolf of Wysteria", the "Brooklyn Vampire", the "Moon Maniac", and "The Boogeyman"
- Albert Forster (1902–1952), Nazi German politician and war criminal, Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia during the Second World War
- Albert J. Galen (1876–1936), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
- Albert "Al" Gore (born 1948), 45th Vice President of the United States
- Albert Gore Sr. (1907-1998), American politician
- Albert "Al" Green (born 1946), American R&B musician
- Albert Grossman (1926-1986), American music manager
- Albert "Bert" Haanstra (1916-1997), Dutch film director
- Albert Hammond Jr. (born 1980), American musician
- Albert Hardie Jr. (born 1987), American professional wrestler
- Albert Hemmo (born 1934), Egyptian-born Israeli basketball player
- Albert O. Hirschman, German economist
- Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist and scientist, first known person to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Albert Huggins (born 1997), American football player
- Albert Johnson, birth name of rapper Prodigy (rapper) of Mobb Deep
- Albert Mussey Johnson (1872–1948), eccentric multimillionaire and builder of Scotty's Castle
- Albert W. Johnson, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Albert "Bert" Kesselring (1885-1960), German Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe during World War II who became one of Nazi Germany's most skillful commanders, one of the principal commanders of Western Front, Battle of Britain, Kanalkampf, Adlertag, Battle of Britain Day, The Hardest Day, Battle of France, Operation Achse, Western Allied invasion of Germany, Italian campaign (World War II) and The Blitz
- Albert "Bertie" King (1912-1981), Jamaican jazz and mento musician
- Albert King (1923-1992, blues singer-guitarist
- Albert Kivikas (1898–1978), Estonian writer and journalist
- Albert Kusnets (1902–1942), Estonian wrestler
- Albert Luthuli (1898-1967), South African teacher, politician, and anti-apartheid activist
- Albert Lefevre (1873-1928), American psychologist
- Albert Lehman, American Olympic medalist lacrosse player
- Albert Lewin (1894-1968), American director, producer, and screenwriter
- Albert L'Ouvrier (1815–1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
- Albert Margai (born 1987), English basketball player
- Albert Marshall (born 1947), Maltese-Australian author
- Albert Martinez (born 1963), Filipino actor
- Albert Maysles (1926–2015), American documentarian, part of a duo
- Albert Thongchai McIntyre (born 1958), Thai singer
- Albert Millet (1929–2007), French serial killer
- Albert "Bert" Newton (born 1938), Australian entertainer
- Albert Norak (1928–2015), Estonian Communist politician
- Albert Odulele (born 1964), Nigerian-British pastor, author, and evangelist
- Albert Okwuegbunam (born 1998), American football player
- Albert van Ouwater (c.1415–1475), Dutch painter
- Albert Peries (1905-1967), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 1951-1956
- Albert Pujols (born 1980), professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Albert Robertson, Canadian politician from Alberta and the first Leader of the Opposition in the province's history
- Albert "Al" Rosen (1924–2015), American All Star and MVP baseball player
- Albert Rosenfeld (1885–1970), Australian rugby league player
- Albert Sabin (1906–1993), Polish-American medical researcher who developed an oral polio vaccine; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
- Albert Sauer (1898–1945), German Nazi SS officer and concentration camp commandant of Mauthausen-Gusen and Kaiserwald concentration camps
- Albert Scanlon (born 1980), English footballer
- Albert E. Schwab (1920–1945), American Marine, awarded Medal of Honor
- Albert Schwartz (1908–1986), American swimmer
- Albert Sharpe (1885-1970), Irish actor
- Albert Speer (1905–1981), Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich
- Albert D. Sturtevant (1894–1918), officer in the US Navy during World War I
- Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), German/French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary
- Albert Taar (born 1990), Estonian footballer
- Albert Uderzo (1927–2020), French comic book artist
- Albert Üksip (1886–1966), Estonian botanist
- Albert Vallci (born 1995), Austrian footballer
- Albert Vanloo (1846–1920), Belgian librettist and playwright
- Albert Van Coile (1900–1927), Belgian footballer
- Albert Vanhoye (1923–2021), French priest, Jesuit biblical scholar
- Albert Vete (born 1993), Tonga rugby footballer
- Albert Von Tilzer (1878–1956), American songwriter
- Albert Warner (1884–1967), American cartoonist and one of the founders of Warner Bros.
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1896-1989), US Army commander who served in Asia during World War II, a principal commander of Operation Beleaguer
- Albert Buckman Wharton Jr. (a.k.a. Buster Wharton) (1909–1963), American rancher and polo player
- Albert Lawrence Williams Jr. (born 1934), known as A. L. Williams, retired football coach
- Albert "Al" Witcher (born 1936), American football player
- Albert Wolff (sculptor) (1814-1892), German sculptor and medallist
- Albert Wolff (fencer) (1906–1989), French-born American Olympic fencer
- Albert "Bertie" Wright (1871-1960), English of the silent era
- Albert Zerkowitz (1905–1964) entomologist
- Albert Zwaveling (born 1927), Dutch surgeon
Fictional characters[]
- Albert, supporting character in Josie (later Josie and the Pussycats)
- Albert Arkwright, a character in British sitcom Open All Hours
- Albert Chapman, character of the video game Killer7
- Albert Heinrich, a.k.a. Cyborg 004, a character in the manga series Cyborg 009
- "Fat" Albert Jackson, lead character in the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Albert Johnson, character in the video game Medievil 2
- Albert Manning, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Albert Markovski, an environmentalist character in I Heart Huckabees
- Albert James Moriarty, a main character of the manga Moriarty the Patriot
- Albert Runcorn, a Ministry of Magic investigator in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
- Albert Steptoe, one of the lead characters in British sitcom Steptoe and Son
- Albert Tatlock, a character in British soap opera Coronation Street
- Albert Trotter, a character in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
- Albert Wesker, a villain and high ranking commander of Umbrella Corps in the "Resident Evil" franchise
- Albert W. Wily, a villain in the video game series Mega Man
See also[]
- Albertus (given name)
- Albertet, an Occitan diminutive of Albert
- Albrecht
- All pages with titles beginning with Albert
- Elbert (disambiguation)
- Albert I (disambiguation)
- Albert II (disambiguation)
- Albert III (disambiguation)
- Albert IV (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ "Mfnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Albert". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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